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Prologue: Past as Precursor of Future

© 2017 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

© 2017 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA and London, England

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Prologue: Past as Precursor of Future 15
  6. I. NATURAL PHASE
  7. 1. The Himalayan Memoir 41
  8. 2. Tectonic Serendipity 58
  9. 3. Intercontinental Biological Highway 76
  10. 4. Life in Flux 97
  11. II. CULTURAL PHASE
  12. 5. The First Axe 123
  13. 6. The Chipko Saga 141
  14. III. MECHANICAL PHASE
  15. 7. The First Train to Lhasa 163
  16. 8. Dam Rivers, Damn Rivers 189
  17. 9. Payback Time 213
  18. IV. NETWORKING PHASE
  19. 10. Toward Sustainability 261
  20. 11. Individuals, Institutions, and Ideals 285
  21. References 303
  22. Acknowledgments 351
  23. Index 355
Life in the Himalaya
This chapter is in the book Life in the Himalaya
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674978621-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Prologue: Past as Precursor of Future 15
  6. I. NATURAL PHASE
  7. 1. The Himalayan Memoir 41
  8. 2. Tectonic Serendipity 58
  9. 3. Intercontinental Biological Highway 76
  10. 4. Life in Flux 97
  11. II. CULTURAL PHASE
  12. 5. The First Axe 123
  13. 6. The Chipko Saga 141
  14. III. MECHANICAL PHASE
  15. 7. The First Train to Lhasa 163
  16. 8. Dam Rivers, Damn Rivers 189
  17. 9. Payback Time 213
  18. IV. NETWORKING PHASE
  19. 10. Toward Sustainability 261
  20. 11. Individuals, Institutions, and Ideals 285
  21. References 303
  22. Acknowledgments 351
  23. Index 355
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